Oiling system for railway-car journals.



Patented Dec.. 5,1916.

2 SHEETSHSHEET I.

LP. WILLIAMS.

olLlNRsYsTEA/l FoR RAILWAY CAR JOURNALS.

APPLICAATLO-N FILED IULY 20. 19H5.

I. P. WILLIAMS.

OILING SYSTEM'FOR RAILWAY CAR JOURNALS.

APPLICATION FILED .IULY 20.1916.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

To all 'it may aannam:

4eesr AVAILABLE eoP JAMES PQLICK WILLIAMS, CHF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

CEILING SYSTEM .FOR RAILWAY-CR JOURNALS.

i Application filed kuly 20, 1916. Serial No. 110,330.

Be it known thatI, JAMES l. l/VILLIAMS, a citizen of the' United States, residing at Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Oiling Systems for'llailwaywCar Journals, oil which the following is a. specification.

Th.`s invention relates to new and useful improvements in `oiling systems for railway car journals and has for its primary object to. provide a means for automatically oiling the wheel axles of the ears or coaches when the train is in motion, to eut oil' the supply of oil when the train is at a stop or not in motion and for regulating or controlling the amount "or" quantity of oil supplied to the axle journals in accordance-with thefspeed ofthe trairn I 'Vitlr the foregoing and otherv objects in view tli'at will appear as the nature of lthe invention is better-understood, the same con sistsin the novel featuresof construction,

combination and arraliifgement of parts illus; trated in fthe drawings and more 'particle larly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the aeornpanyinpf drawingsz-Figure l is a diagrammatic view et' the frame and trucks of a railway ear or eoach, illustrating; the application or' my invention. Fig'. is a side elevation of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sigle elevation of the valve and ,an 'ernor for con- -trolling or ref ulatine' the flow of the oil to the axle journals in accordance with the speed of the train. Fin'. 4 is a central verti zal transverse section ol Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isa, detail view, partlyrn section, showing more p-arlieularly the spring' controlledl cheek' valve for cuttingV oll the supply of oil to the axle journals when the earis' not in 'motiom' and Fig. is a` similar view of another forni ol cheek valve that may he used to aeeoulplish the saine purpose.

Referring to the drawings 4tor a more partirular description of the invention aud which drawings are For illustrative purposes only and are therefore not drawn to seale, l'

indieates the truel: trame, 2 the wheels and.

$5 the axles ol a railway ear` or eoaeh,-these parte heine' of the ordinary or usual oonstrlu-tion and Afol-mine'A no part o't' this iuven tion. y l

ln rarrying out luy invention. an oil tank, preferably olt rylirulrieal form, is supported in any desired manner beneath the ear body, as shown, at one side of the truck frame.

Speeieaton of Letters Patent,

'the ear hody hy 'the depending braek Patenteanees,

This tank is connected with the main oil dis-Q:n

tributing pipe 5 which extends longitudi nally of the track beneath the car body, ley' a lateralbranch pipe The ends ofthe" pipe 5 are connected vwith the transverse pipes 7 which in turn are-eonneetedfwiththe loranclr pipes 8, the ypipes of each paill` y of which extend forwardly and rearwardly in 'opposite directions longitudinallyof thef car and terminate inthe dependingjportions 9 which communicate withlthe axle" journals l0. I' l The oil tank is connected With 'they y`air hrz'ike and steam pipes l1 and 12,.:respectively, which also extend longitudi-na'lly'Lof-A bythelateral the track beneath' the car body,

branch pipes 13 and` 14 which communicate j' with opposite ends of the o il tank, essliowm and theoil in thetank maybe maintained under the desired steam, as desired zontal 'sections l5 and 16,respectively,which eon'm'umieate with the upper and lower com# The lateral branch oil pipe `6`comprises` the inner upper andthe outer lower horil' pressure by either air 'or partments 1'? and 18- of the valve-easing 19.

closed hy the correspondingly taperedel` ll il as 22, of the valve L8, slidably mounten vertieal shaft or rod 2l, supported "hen ath When the' ear is not in motion, 'the opening in the casing is closed by the i lve Q3, as shown, but when in motion thefvalve isg raised rfrom its seat to agreater or less extent, dependingon thespeedofthe train yand allows the oil or lubricant `toalow througl'i' the valve opening in the wall or partition Q() and thence through the-oil distrihuting pipes above ydescribed to the journal hoxes vto luhrieate the wheelaxlesyas will he apparent npon inspection.

n the pmfsent disclosure7 the governor 'on'1prises n n upper collar 26 which is rigidly eonneeted with the shaft 24 land a lower Follar 27 which is slidahle on the shaft and engafres the lower end of the Valve 23. The

eoll a l ll'rangl 27 are ,connected by the lint l o\\'-sliaped springs 28 provided at inter@ mediate points with the weights 29 and it is apparent upon inspection that when the shaft 24 is rotated, the springs 28 will. spread farther apart and through the medium of e the collar 27 which will be caused to ascend o'n the shaft 24, raise or lift the valve 23, the degree or extent which the. valve is raised from its seat and the quantity or amount of oil thus allowed to flow through the valve opening and thence through the oil distributing pipes to the axle journals, depending entire y on the speed of the t'rain. The governor shaft 24 is geared with one of the axles of the car, by a belt 30 passing over the grooved belt wheels 31 and 3Q, respectively, on the axle and the lower end'of the governor shaft.

The depending portions 9v of the branch oil pipes 8 are equipped with the horizontal sprin .controlled check valves 33 to cut olf any ow` of oil remaining in the oil pipes when thecar is at rest and the supply cut olf from the oil tank by the valve 23, whereby ooding of the axlejournals wheinthe car is not in motion is obviated, it beingr obvious kthat no oil is consumed when the trein is not in motion and that the greater the speed ofthe t'rain the greater the .amount or quantity of oil required to lubricate the wheel axles, or vice versa.

If desired, I may employ a vertically arranged check vvalve'l.` of the character shown in Fig. 6, instead of the form shown in Fig.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, it is thought.

`that the construction and operation of this invention will be readily understood without uiring a more extended explanation.

mfnriouschanges in the form, proportions and minor details of construction may be -resorted to without departing from the principles fir-sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in the a ppended claims.v

Having described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isz'- l. In an oiling system for railway car axle. journals, an oil tank mounted beneath the car, oil distributing pipes, in cluding a lateral branchpipe connected with the oil tank, between the oil tank and the axle journalsa valve in the lateral branch pipe for cutting oilmtlie supply of oil from the tank when the car is not in motion,

-nieans `for maintaining the oil in the tank' under pressure ,and a governor geared with one of the car axles for lifting the valve from its seat to a greater or less extent as the speed of the car increases or decreases, and thus regulate the amount ofi oil allowed to flow through the lvalve opening to the distributing pipes.

'2. In an oiling system for railway car axle journals, an oil tank mounted beneath the car and connected with the air brake pipe and niain steam pipe of' the car whereby the oil in the tank is maintained under a constant pressure, oil distributing pipes, including a lateral branch pipe comm unicating with the oil taiilqfor conducting the oil In testimony whereof I allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses..

JAMES POLICK WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

FRANK Finlux. Jon llIUnLLEn. 

